MISSING: Brian Shaffer
Brian Shaffer was supposed to be enjoying a night out with friends on April 1, 2006. Instead, he vanished. 13 years later, the mystery of what happened that night still endures.
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Episode Source Material
- FindBrianShaffer.com
- Dateline 5-8-06
Dateline: Into Thin Air - FBI 4-29-08
FBI Statement Regarding Midwest River Deaths - The Lantern 10-12-08
BRIAN SHAFFER: CLUE COULD LEAD TO MISSING STUDENT - Columbus Monthly April 2009
In the Name of the Father - Columbus Monthly 9-23-13
When Missing Persons Cases Go Cold - Fox 8 Cleveland 11-8-16
Man who disappeared 10 years ago might have never left bar - MEL Magazine 2016
A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR — AND IS NEVER SEEN AGAIN - Columbus dispatch 5-3-18
Unsolved mystery: 10 years later, Brian Shaffer still missing - The Lineup 2019
Without a Trace: What Happened to Brian Shaffer? - ABC 6 3-29-2019
Family and friends haunted by mystery of Joey LaBute’s suspicious death - Investigation Discovery Crime Feed 7-31-19
In 2006, Med Student Brian Shaffer Walked Into A Bar & Was Never Seen Again - MySpace – Brian Shaffer
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